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Coll 30/41 'Co-ordination of Commercial Intelligence: Method of Conducting Correspondence between the Political Resident and the D.O.T. in Visits of the Vice-Consul, Bushire, to Gulf Countries' [91r] (181/258)
The record is made up of 1 file (126 folios). It was created in 6 Feb 1925-7 Feb 1940. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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political Department.
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DilA-b 1 T EXPRESS L^TTEH.
1711! A 5000 3.3S
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To Government of India,
Foreign & Political Department.
Please see D.O.T. letter dated
5til lay No.26500/33, copy 5y air nail
of 13th lay. Coordination of
commercial intelligence in the Persian
Gulf.
2 . I should he glad of your views on
general question with a view to
discussion with Foreign Office. Frima
facie scheme proposed hy Fowle in his
despatch of 18th February to Tehran
seems to have much to commend it,
particularly at a time when British
trade in the Gulf is exposed to
vigorous Russian competition.
3. As regards question of procedure
raised in paras. 3 and 4 ^of D.O.T. *s
letter, 1 see no objectionfto direct
correspondence between Comptroller-
General and Resident, on definite
understanding that correspondence will
deal with commercial questions only;
that copies of all despatches out
shall simultaneously be sent to India
Office; that copies of Resident’s
repUfs sha.Il be -ropoo.tea to Govermrient
of India and
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
; and that
political departments concerned at
this/
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This file contains the following:
- correspondence and related documentation from 1939 concerning the travel arrangements of R S T John (British Vice-Consul in Bushire) around the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in order to complete research for a report on economic conditions in the region (folio 1-52)
- correspondence from 1933 regarding who should pay the costs involved in the collection of commercial intelligence during two trips made annually by the British Vice-Consul in Bushire (folios 53-100).
- correspondence from 1925 that discusses how commercial intelligence should be reported back from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Bushire to the Department of Overseas Trade and the division of responsibility between the Colonial Office and the Government of India (folios 101-126).
This correspondence is between officials from the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire, the Department of Overseas Trade, the Foreign Office, the Foreign & Political Department of the Government of India, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and Downing Street.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (126 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 128; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3754
- Title
- Coll 30/41 'Co-ordination of Commercial Intelligence: Method of Conducting Correspondence between the Political Resident and the D.O.T. in Visits of the Vice-Consul, Bushire, to Gulf Countries'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:20v, 22r:23v, 25r:35v, 37r:128v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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